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Pitom: Blasphemy and Other Serious Crimes
by Glenn Astarita
Recorded for John Zorn's Tzadik Records, and sustaining the spirit of radical Jewish music, Pitom's second album is a psychodramatic crash-and-burn event. Spanning Sonic Youth-like reckless abandon, hardcore grunge, jazz improvisation and the blasphemous morphing of traditional Jewish music stylizations with jazz-rock, the unit abides by a take-no-prisoners approach. Offering an antithesis to the norm, with a titanium edge, complex unison choruses and punishing grooves, Pitom's “punkaassjewjazz" credo erves as a fitting depiction of its moving parts. ...
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by Eyal Hareuveni
The sophomore release of Pitom, of one of John Zorn's Radical Jewish Culture series outfits, symbolizes a dead-end in this important musical and cultural movement that began in early nineties. Pitom, led by guitarist Yoshie Fruchter, is influenced by iconic musical figures from visionary seventies fusion bands like Frank Zappa and John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra, as well as early nineties grunge/punk bands including Nirvana and The Melvins. Blasphemy and other Serious Crimes is even supposed to be a sonic homage ...
read moreNAMM 2012: The Epitome of a Confused Business
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For those not familiar with NAMM (The National Association of Music Merchants), it is a trade show featuring everything in music, from the latest recording software to neon guitar strings. Taking place a stones throw from Disneyland, with 1000's of stalls lining the cavernous halls of Anaheim Convention Center, it is seemingly a musicians paradise. Or, depending on your affinity to being in close proximity to carefully coiffured, black clothed, painted nailed, wannabe rock stars—an absolute nightmare. The invite only ...
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From the Stacks 2011, Vol. 3: Michel Reis, Pitom, Rhys Chatham, Ken Peplowski, Others
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by S. Victor Aaron Rhys Chatham: The Man With The Horns. Many, many horns. It might be only the third Stacks so far this year, but it's a much overdue one. There's a whopping seven 2011 releases discussed here, with several other worthy ones being pushed back to a later fourth installment. Two of these albums are by veteran acts, but the remaining five capture five budding talents at or near the beginning of their recording careers as leaders. Some ...
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Pitom - Blasphemy and Other Serious Crimes (Tzadik, 2011)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
Pitom is a very exciting young band from Israel that remains true to the “fusion" aesthetic without succumbing to any of the pretentions sometimes associated with that word. Taking progressive jazz and melding it with elements of rock, punk, prog and traditional Jewish melodies makes for a unique and exciting sound. The band consists of Yoshie Fruchter on guitar, Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz on bass, Kevin Zubek on drums and Jeremy Brown on violin and viola. Brown's stringed instruments give the ...
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